People in the story/故事中的人物
About the story,故事背景
Places in the story,故事中的地点
Before reading,读前思考
Chapter 1 The carrot flower/胡萝卜花
Chapter 2 As blue as the sea/像湛蓝的海水
Chapter 3 Winners andjokes/赢家与玩笑
Chapter 4 Messy spaghetti/凌乱的意大利面
Chapter 5 LeavingNight/离别之夜
Chapter 6 Foodandjumping/食物与跳跃
Chapter 7 Questions,questions问题,问题
Chapter 8 Kisses/吻
Chapter 9 Truth dancing/真相之舞
Chapter 10 Winners and losers/赢家与输家
After reading/读后活动
Leaming guide/学习指导
Translation/参考译文
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《小说馆剑桥双语分级阅读:屋下爱情(第4级 适合高一、高二年级)》:
It''s not every day that you wake up to find a carrot on your bed. But that''s what happened to me on Day Thirty-Six of my stay in the House.
Well, it wasn''t a carrot exactly; it was a flower. A flower cut carefully out of a carrot with a knife. I know it sounds a bit odd, but it was really beautiful, honestly. I felt pleased that somebody had taken the trouble to make it for me. But I had no idea who that ''somebody'' might be. I knew who I wanted it to be though - Simon. Simon had beautiful hands, along with a beautiful body and a handsome face. But were they hands that could make such a flower? I hoped so.
Looking around the bedroom, I saw that Leo was still in bed. There was one bedroom for all of us in the House with ten beds in it. But no-one was using five of the beds any more, since five people had already left the House. I looked at Leo sleeping. Big Eye turns the lights on in the bedroom at eight o''clock every morning, but that doesn''t wake Leo up. Nothing wakes Leo up until he wants to wake up. So he can''t have made the flower, I thought. It wasn''t the kind of thing he''d do anyway. Leo prefers talking to doing.
Suddenly a voice filled the room. ''This is Big Eye. Would Annie come to the Diary Room please?''
The Diary Room was the place we went to for private conversations with Big Eye. Well, they were private because the other people in the House couldn''t hear what you said. But actually they were very public, because everyone watching the Big Eye programme on TV could see and hear you. But you usually forgot about that.
Putting on my dressing gown, I put the carrot flower carefully in my pocket. For some reason I wanted to keep it a secret, although I knew this was silly. Thousands, or maybe even millions, of television viewers had already seen me find it.
''Morning, guys.'' Out in the main living area, Pete and Nigel were making breakfast. They smiled at me.
''Morning, Annie.''
I looked at both of them as I walked towards the Diary Room. Nigel was a very intelligent man, but he wasn''t very good with his hands. I couldn''t imagine him being able to make my carrot flower. Pete was an engineer though. Maybe it was him?
I looked out of the window, searching for Simon. There he was,jogging as usual. Every morning, he ran for an hour before breakfast. He''d already worn out some of the grass in the small garden. By the time the competition ended on Saturday there probably wouldn''t be any grass left at all. Had Simon taken some time off from his exercise to make my presents? It would be very nice if he had - very nice indeed.